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Definition of Phrontistery
1. Noun. An establishment for study and learning (sometimes including modern universities).
Definition of Phrontistery
1. Noun. a thinking place ¹
2. Noun. an establishment devoted to education or study ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phrontistery
Literary usage of Phrontistery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Classical Greek Literature by John Pentland Mahaffy (1895)
"The only safety he can devise is to send his son to the phrontistery (Thinking-shop)
of Socrates, who assumes the character in this play of the vulgar ..."
2. A history of classical Greek literature by John Pentland Mahaffy (1883)
"The only safety he can devise is to send his son to the phrontistery (Thinking-shop)
of Socrates, who assumes the character in this play of the vulgar ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. phrontistery (flg. and usually contemptuous or humorous); spec, kindergarten,
primary school, common school, grade school, high school, ..."
4. Lives of the Fathers: Sketches of Church History in Biography by Frederick William Farrar (1889)
"... which test your faith, and the plain which lies below—or shall I call it a
rat-hole with the pompous names of phrontistery, and Monastery, and Leisure ? ..."
5. Lives of the Fathers: Sketches of Church History in Biography by Frederic William Farrar (1907)
"... which test your faith, and the plain which lies below—or shall I call it a
rat-hole with the pompous names of phrontistery, and Monastery, and Leisure ? ..."
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